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sacramento connect NPR.orgCulture Shock Yogurt, the wildly popular frozen yogurt shop in downtown Grass Valley, is opening a second location in Brunswick Basin in early April, I’ve confirmed, a brightspot in an otherwise dour economy. Dubbed “Culture Shock II,” it will feature the same frozen yogurt, with more parking (a drawback of the downtown Grass Valley location). [...]
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For the second day running, The Union has a front-page story on Mark Meckler and the Tea Party Patriots, splashed with big photos. Meckler fans are pleased: “That article about you in The Union was AWESOME!!! Good job!!!” wrote one of Mark’s Facebook fans. Sunday’s news story was a “softball” question-and-answer format (or Q&A), written [...]
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Many residents believe Aaron Klein got elected to his nonpartisan position as a Sierra College Trustee by a Republican “political machine” that began when John Doolittle was in office. It created some hard feelings. Klein was re-elected in a race against John Vodonick, a highly partisan race along party lines, including the campaign donations. The [...]
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It wasn’t that long ago that the editor/publisher of The Union crowed on this blog: “Grab your five blog friends and get a room” or “I’ll go get the news – you go get a restaurant review” or “Your following could fit in a phone booth.” Hundreds of comments later (a mighty big phone booth [...]
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A nonprofit newspaper called Carson Now, started by a former Swift Communications staffer, has drawn the interest of the editor/publisher at both The Union and Nevada City Advocate. (Yes, it’s a conflict of interest to hold both titles at a “hard-news” newspaper; the roles are different). Both Jeff Ackerman and Pat Butler — for all [...]
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Barry Pruett, in his run for county clerk-recorder, and Sue Horne, in her race for assessor, are running for posts against well-qualified candidates in a county that voted for Obama and Charlie Brown. But both have accepted endorsements from a “dynamic duo” of “in your face” right-wing idealogues: George Rebane and Russ Steele. George is [...]
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Earlier this week, I expressed concern that the county assessor’s race was becoming highly partisan — just like the clerk-recorder’s race. I was disappointed that Sue Horne’s list of endorsements was largely limited to dyed-in-the wool Republicans and political allies for a supposedly nonpartisan race. Sue did point out that former Grass Valley Mayor Dee [...]
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The recession, a corporate drugstore shakeup, and a ban on drive-thru’s there postponed a proposal to build a Long’s Drugs (now owned by the CVS chain) at the old Hills Flat Lumber site in Grass Valley. But the idea of drive-thru’s at the intersection of Idaho-Maryland and East Main — already a congested spot — [...]
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Fed up with the Tea Party movement and its negative slogans, a Coffee Party movement is percolating nationwide. Its mission: “The Coffee Party Movement gives voice to Americans who want to see cooperation in government. “We recognize that the federal government is not the enemy of the people, but the expression of our collective will, [...]
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Congressman Tom McClintock scored zero on this year’s National Environmental Scorecard issued by the League of Conservation Voters. For 40 years, it has been a nationally accepted yardstick used to rate Congress members on environmental, public health and energy issues, according to the group. “The 2009 National Environmental Scorecard illustrates the extent to which the [...]
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